Many of you boys and girls may have learned the Bible verse in Sunday school that says, “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me” (John 14:66Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. (John 14:6)). What did Jesus mean when He said, “I am the way”? Here is a little story to help you understand what He meant.
A missionary told how a local guide was leading him through the African jungle. He asked the guide, “Is this the way?”
The guide answered, “No . . . I am the way . . . follow me!”
The guide knew that the missionary would become hopelessly lost without his guiding presence leading all the way through the dense jungle to the end of the journey.
And this is just the way it is with you and me. We could never find our way to God without the Lord Jesus. When Jesus said, “I am the way,” He saw that we were lost and far away from God. Not only did we need a Guide, but we also needed a Savior. Jesus hung on the cross to take our place and bear “our sins in His own body on the tree” (1 Peter 2:2424Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. (1 Peter 2:24)). Now all who believe in Him and accept Him as Lord and Savior will one day arrive safely in heaven, at the end of the journey. But until then, as we live day by day, He has promised that the Holy Spirit will live within us and guide us safely until we reach our home in heaven.
Before Jesus was crucified, He told His followers, “I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto Myself; that where I am, there ye may be also” (John 14:2-32In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. (John 14:2‑3)). He is living in heaven right now, and that is the happy end of the journey for all of us who know the Lord Jesus as our Savior and Guide.
Will heaven be the end of your journey?
ML-04/23/2017